surg

IPA/sˈɜːɡ/
IPA/sˈɜːɡ/

surg — adjective

  • surgpositive
  • surgercomparative
  • surgestsuperlative

1. short for 'surgical'; used in hospital notes for something linked to an operatio

1.形容詞C1
釋義

short for 'surgical'; used in hospital notes for something linked to an operation or to the department that performs it

例句

The whiteboard showed Maya on the surg. ward after her appendix operation.

surg. ward in hospital notes

Nikolai printed a surg. checklist before the knee operation began.

surg. + noun for a pre-op document

同義詞
  • surgical

    the full adjective form used in normal writing

  • operative

    more formal and narrower, often about the operation itself

文法句型

surg. + noun

surg. ward

surg. schedule

用法筆記

Mainly appears in charts, schedules, and supply labels inside hospitals. It usually comes before a noun and stands for 'surgical', not for 'surgeon' or 'surgery'.

常見錯誤

My uncle works in surg.
My uncle works in surgery.
💡In ordinary sentences, use the full noun rather than the chart abbreviation.
She had a surg. yesterday.
She had surgery yesterday.
💡When the operation itself is the topic, full prose usually uses 'surgery'.

surg — abbreviation